WGR164v5 stopped doing wireless.

Hi all. Out of the blue my WGR164v5 router's "Wireless" light went
out. The LAN plugs still work fine, so I hooked up the cable and tried
to configure it. 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 won't find the setup
anymore, but the web itself is going fine (thankfully). I tried
pressing the reset button at the back for about a minute, but the
lights never flashed or did anything really and the addresses still
don't work.
Am I hard resetting the router correctly? Is it likely the wireless
has simply been turned off at the setup somehow, but for some reason I
can't access it now to turn it back on?
Thanks!

On Aug 4, 5:23 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> See:
> <http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n100651.asp>
> for the correct reset procedure. Yes, you do have to do every step,
> even if it seem rather odd and unnecessary.

That's the one my man. The pages I was reading all said "hold in for
30 seconds" but didn't say anything about cycling the power. (how
likely are you to do that by accident!). BTW, now it's WPA set, is
there any need to change the login/password from default? That can
only be accessed via the cable, right?
Thanks!

On Aug 4, 5:19 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> Well, try it. I think you'll find that the web based configuration is
> accessible via wireless. You're probably safe as long as nobody
> figures out your WPA key. That's not guaranteed with a shared key.
> Anyone that can get to your computer(s) for a while, can extract the
> key:

Well it's in my home, so that's probably not an issue. But if http://192.168.1.1
gets to my netgear setup page, how are all those setup pages on earth
separated?

On Aug 4, 9:16 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> Did you try it via wireless?
>
Sorry if my phrasing was dire there. My question is how can someone
else type 192.168.1.1 into their browser and get my router setup page?
Wouldn't they just get their own, unless they've cracked my WPA and
they're using my WiFi?

On Aug 5, 2:24 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> No problem, but I'm still a bit confused as to what you're asking. If
> you're wondering how your wireless is seperated from the neighbors,
> it's by SSID and WPA encryption key. Both systems can have
> 192.168.1.xxx as their network. However, since neither access point
> sees the other's traffic (due to encryption), there's no conflict.
> Even if both system were unencrypted, the traffic would still be
> seperated by SSID. However, if both had the same SSID, there's a
> small chance that users would connect to the wrong access point. That
> will create all kinds of weird issues, but no conflicts as these users
> only connect to one access point at a time.

OK, I think I get it now. As long as no-one has physical access to my
PC then my network can't be accessed without cracking my WPA. And they
can't access my 192.168.1.1 without my WPA. Even if they did another
hardware reset and new passwords would fix it up.
Thanks!